Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center
When displaying package lists, or information about a specific package, software-center looks in a number of directories for a suitable icon to display for that package, e.g. the /usr/share/pixmaps and /usr/share /app-install/icons directories. It does not, however, look inside the package itself at the files it will install, for icons that would be installed into those same directories. This means that an installed program will get an icon displayed (if it installed the icon itself) but an uninstalled program will not. Additionally, when upgrading, the *old* icon will be displayed, rather than the new replacement icon in the package. Also, none of the icon behaviour appears to be documented anywhere. I gleaned the above by reading the python source code. Documenting the icon behaviour would allow developers and packagers to know how to put icons into their packages (icons they use for their projects and web sites) in order to have them displayed correctly in GUI-based package installer programs, such as software-center. (I expected to find something in the Debian Policy Manual, but it only speaks about app menus.) ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795851 Title: software-center doesn't look inside packages for icons To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/795851/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs